STEGODON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STEGODON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STEGODON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEGODON is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEGODON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEGODON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in STEGODON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STEGODON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STEGODON mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An extinct elephant-like mammal with ridged teeth that lived in Asia and Africa from the late Pliocene to the Pleistocene.
The stegodon is thought to be an ancestor of modern elephants or a close relative. It is known from fossils with long, closely set tusks. Some island species of stegodon were dwarfed by their environment.
How STEGODON is used
Stegodon appears in palaeontology and natural history writing.
- A fossil tusk of a stegodon was found in the river bed.
- The stegodon had ridged teeth suited to grinding plants.
- The museum displayed the skeleton of a dwarf stegodon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEGODON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STEGODON
3 longer words begin with STEGODON.
Shorter words from the letters in STEGODON
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Common questions about STEGODON
- Is STEGODON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEGODON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEGODON worth?
- STEGODON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEGODON mean?
- An extinct elephant-like mammal with ridged teeth that lived in Asia and Africa from the late Pliocene to the Pleistocene.
- What letters can be added to STEGODON?
- STEGODON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of STEGODON:
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